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Summary: Helpful and Informative Book
Review: As a first time mother, I really had NO idea what I was doingas far as feeding my baby was concerned. I needed guidance, andreading Super Baby Food was and is my guide. Common sense is the rule when reading this book. You can follow all or some of the advice. Whatever you are comfortable doing. There are great ideas and recipes as well as a thorough section on nutrition. For the people worried about timing of foods, just ask your pediatrician. The author advises you to review the book with your child's Dr. before you follow any of the guidelines. Overall, I would highly recommend this book, especially to new mothers.
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Summary: SOOOOOOO INFORMATIVE
Review: Like many mothers, I felt so lost when my baby was ready to begin solid foods. Motherhood had offered challenges up to that point, but on no subject matter did I feel as incompetent as I did about what foods to introduce to her when and in what form. What I wanted was the basics about what was OK to feed her at what age, and most importantly, what she might need that I didn't know about. There are few worse feelings than that you might be depriving your child of what she needs to thrive. Word of mouth led me to this book, albeit a bit late - my baby is just over one year old. Alas, it is never too late to start a healthier diet. I look forward to adding new super healthy foods to her menu.
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Summary: Very preachy and wordy
Review: I read this book with disbelief. No one wants to protect and nourish my (as yet, unborn) baby as much as I do. I plan on making healthy food. I plan on buying high quality, organic base ingredients. I also plan in using bought baby food when needed -- without guilt. I am not a vegetarian, but I eat very little meat. I am just not as fanatical as the author. I asked one of my friends who is a pediatrician about the book and the suggestions. She laughed. Literally laughed and said she wouldn't feed her kid some of the stuff in there for anything. She also mentioned several of the other factors that are highly contested by the other reviewers -- excess of soy; nuts at an early age; making your own spinach and carrots, etc.Personally, I am a pretty picky eater. And I would put much of that food in my mouth for anything. I'd probably gag making it. My husband will eat absolutely anything. I'm embarrassed to admit some of the things he'll put in his mouth, chew, and swallow. And he didn't even like the recipes. Overall, there are some good points (though driven into the ground by repetitiveness) such as proper food preparation and storage. I suggest "First Foods" over this book any day.
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Summary: Tremendous Resource!
Review: This book is a tremendous resource!! Good books for food for babies/children are difficult to find and if you are lucky enough to find some the ingredients are not always available. This fabulous book will walk you step by step as to what to feed your child at each month and new stage so you have the confidence to know you are feeding your child the best as well as giving that sweet baby more variety in their diet than jared baby food. This book is very detailed, but gives you a wonderful index so you can find anything!
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Summary: Way too preachy
Review: I found this book to be very restrictive and overly cautious. For example, stating that cooked cauliflower should not be given to babies under 9 months (not sure why), but my baby loved cauliflower cheese at 7 months and this was heartily approved by my pediatrician. The author is also very anti-meat. Unless you come from a vegetarian family with strong beliefs on this matter, I think that meat is important to young babies who need as much iron as possible in their early lives. On top of all this, the book is really ugly to read and it's not easy to find your way around. Annabel Karmel's books are much superior in my opinion.
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Summary: It's OK, but take a lot of it with a grain of sand...
Review: Good comprehensive information on cooking and storing fruits and veggies, and the monthly food intro charts are helpful. However, by 8 months my daughter was eating any food she could steal from my plate so I pretty much abandoned the recommended sequence! I was concerned about some of the food choices, however. Since the book is intended as a lacto-ovo-vegetarian lifestyle, there are several highly allergenic substances, most notably nuts, that the author recommends including earlier than most pediatricians would permit. Also, the book does not indicate until halfway thru that it is intended as a vegeterian lifestyle, so if you plan to introduce meats to your baby or toddler it doesn't help much there (except to make you VERY paranoid about doing so!). The author's stance is clearly "anything prepackaged is bad." I chose to feed my daughter homemade baby food most of the time but we also did commercial foods which are MUCH more convenient when travelling or going out. Also, many of the toddler recipes are just plain gross. I certainly wouldn't eat them, so why would I expect my child to! It's possible to eat a healthy diet without resorting to such draconian measures as putting brewers yeast and desiccated liver powder into a sort of soybean gruel for breakfast -- ugh! The information is not backed up by any sort of research, merely the author's chosen diet plan and the evidence that her children are healthy. Also, some of the other "hints and tips" range from laughable to downright disturbing! Example: to make your own organic bug repellent, collect dead bugs from around the house, grind them in your blender, mix with water and put in a spray bottle! Hopefully this is NOT the same blender that the author recommends you grind your soybeans and brown rice in!
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Summary: Great Book! Every prarent should have one!
Review: I found this book is very helpful on feeding my baby. It suggests me what to feed him, how much to feed him month by month. And the most important is: how to prepare them in a short time. (my nanny loves it! ) I like the detail description on the nutrition analysis. In fact, I only follow her 70-80% suggestion and my baby is so health that he was never sick during his first year!! (Some of food she suggests are a little bit odd to me, such as brewer's yeast,liver power ...So I just ignore it....)
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Summary: Misleading blend of fact and fiction
Review: Ms. Yaron has done the reader a disservice. In some areas of her book she really did her homework (for example: nutrition). But assuming all her assertions are based on research and backed by studies is a mistake. Commercial baby food isn't evil. It is subjected to strict standards and guidelines and is safe and convient. It may be pricey, but worth the price when circumstances dictate. Homemade baby food will save money, but it really is a judgement call. Her section on cleaning products was the most disturbing. While calling parents to remove all "toxins" from their homes, she overlooked the fact that several of the cleaners she recommended using (Borax and washing soda) are poisonous. Soap is made from lye(caustic), but many detergents are very gentle. Be careful to verify the facts. Use her recipes, save money and take it all with a grain of salt.
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Summary: This is an incredible, life-changing book!
Review: I'm no Martha Stewart and before reading this book I never had any inclination to make my own baby food. I always figured that it was a lot of work and would result in food that my baby wouldn't eat anyway. NOT TRUE! It is a bit intimidating b/c Yaron can be a bit militant about wheat germ, super porridge, and other food items that I have never interacted with before. But I recently bought this book and read it in one night and the next day started making my own food. Although I don't follow every suggestion, I have been sticking with most of Yaron's suggestions and my baby is doing GREAT! Some of the other reviewers here have taken this book a bit too seriously. If you want a book that can help you learn to freeze vegetables, make healthy cereal, and better understand what your baby needs to be healthy, then this is the book for you.
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Summary: You CAN feed your baby a healthy diet and work full time!
Review: I love this book because it tells me exactly how to feed my baby "from scratch". I know many reviewers thought there was too much detail in the book, but I LIKE that aspect of it. I'll never need another book about baby food. My baby started out with her first solids using Ruth Yaron's plan and she's healthy and glowing with all the good foods we feed her. Several reviews talk about extra chapters detracting from the "food" aspect of the book. I have found those extra chapters to be very helpful. The advice about arts and crafts and how to save money on those expensive supplies is very sensible. I love the ideas about birthday parties and other kid activities. The book is more comprehensive than the title indicates. Ms. Yaron really makes it easy to prepare the foods, buy the ingredients, and stock up the freezer in advance, so that the actual feeding time is stress-free. I know some reviewers complained that the ingredients are too hard to find. I live in Beirut, Lebanon, and even here I can find EVERYTHING I need. Some reviewers complained that the book was too "pro-vegetarian" or that some foods aren't introduced at the right time. This didn't bother me because I'm planning on limited red meat anyway, and I use my doctor's recommendations along with this guide. She said OK to citrus at 8 months, and OK to flaxseed, too. As with any book about your baby, you have to go with your own instincts and what feels right. What feels right to me (and to the majority of others, it seems from the reviews here) is that this book is a mother's all-in-one guide to healthy eating for years and years.
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